Castor Rock

Castor Rock is the northern of a pair of large off-lying rocks south of , South Sandwich Islands. This rock, with its neighbor , was named "Castor and Pollux", after the Dioscuri of Greek mythology, during the survey of these islands from RRS Discovery II in 1930.
Wikipedia
  • Islet
  • Description: rock formation in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, United Kingdom

Places of Interest

Highlights include Pollux Rock and Vindication Island.
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Castor Rock

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Latitude
-57.12777° or 57° 7′ 40″ south
Longitude
-26.81497° or 26° 48′ 54″ west
Open location code
39JMV5CP+V2
Open­Street­Map ID
way 975113829
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­islet
Geo­Names ID
3426550
Wiki­data ID
Q5050693

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Castor Rock” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Castor Rock”
  • Chinese: “卡斯特岩”
  • German: “Castor Rock”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Castor Rock”
  • Spanish: “Roca Castor”
  • Swedish: “Castor Rock”

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